This is awful in every possible way. I just hope the injury isn't too bad, but given the luck Daniela's had over the past few years it probably will be.
I got the match from 5-3 and Ivanovic won the two games fairly easily to get to 5-5. The next game was pretty long with lots of deuces although Daniela never had a BP. She had 4 GPs in the next game on serve to take it into a tiebreak but couldn't and she was grimacing and seemed hampered by the injury. Ivanovic held in the first game of the second set and I had to go for a few minutes and when I got back Daniela had retired.
It hurts that Daniela lost a close set that she served for and had chances to take into a tiebreak, it hurts even more that she had to retire.

This is just so depressing and dispiriting. Daniela's a strong and resilient woman, she'll be back, but the injuries are mounting up. I hope that this isn't serious but she shouldn't come back before she's ready. It's better to miss a couple of tournaments and come back fully recovered than try to play through it, make it worse and miss even more time.

Daniela & Dominika both played Fed Cup and had to retire today, Ivanovic sat it out and is in the next round.

On BTSport Nigel Sears will be commentating so that'll interesting seeing as he has been the former coach for both players. I'm sure he will be very impartial and feel rather awkward. Hopefully Anne Keothavong can ask him lots of uncomfortable questions to see who he preferd haha.


If Sears was any good he'd be out coaching somebody rather than sitting around talking out his arse. All he does is fuck players up, fuck him.

You may have guessed I don't like him.

I refuse to listen to any matches with him commentating. I tried it once in the match against Tomljanovic,and he was such an arse it was unbelievable. Kept on and on about Daniela making cheap errors,although it was nothing like as bad as when he was coaching her.

I wouldn't piss on Sears if he was on fire, but that's only because I don't piss petrol. What a cunt he is, I hope he gets gang raped by aids-infected warthogs.

If Sears got fished out of a river, I'd probably be a suspect, but on the bright side, fucking Sears is fished out of a river.



Chungwit, I feel like you are holding back. You should speak your mind.

What I dislike most is that is she injured. I feel this year keeps piling up disappointments.

Hope she can keep as determined as ever.

Ana lost to Zakapalova. Take that Ana haha as I felt she was way too smiley for my liking when Daniela retired yesterday...

Yeah, and her comments were smarmy, too. She was patting herself on the back for how she fought back in the first set. I'd like to know how 2 UE's and a double fault from an opponent playing on one leg constitutes a heroic rally. She's a witch.....better get out of town before somebody drops a house on her!

Confirmation of what we all feared:

Daniela Hantuchová
I have torn a ligament in my knee in the match against Ana yesterday and unfortunately I will b out for few weeks:(..I already played with lot of pain during fed cup but as an athlete u never want to give up until the last moment even if the pain is bigger then what u can tolerate..
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@ Daniela's facebook

This is depressing.

Oh, and BTW, eddy, the Forum is wide open for your further Fed Cup feelings. I do hope that Slovakians recognize just what Daniela sacrifices for them.

Terrible news. You knew it was gong to be bad though- the knee had locked up completely by the time she retired against Ana,and more often than not that will be the result of a tear.

Here' hoping for a full recovery as soon as possible.